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Loxwell Abbey
Hob Uid: 212016
Location : Wiltshire Calne Without
Grid Ref : ST9529069850
Summary : A Cistercian Abbey was founded at Loxwell in 1151 as a daughterhouse of Quarr, but was moved to Stanley, (ST97SE2) in 1154. There are no visible remains, but Loxwell Farm is reputed to stand on the site of the abbey.
More information : (ST 95296985) Loxwell Farm on site of (TI) Loxwell Abbey (GT) (Cistercian, founded AD 1151) (TI) (1) A Cistercian Abbey was founded at Lockswell, 1151 but was moved to Stanley in 1154 (See ST 97 SE 2). Though there is no contemporary evidence for buildings of any consequence at Loxwell, the site of the earlier Abbey was claimed as found by Bowles. Early records indicate a copious water-supply at the first site and there is a substantial spring flowing from 'beneath' the foundations of the farmhouse which Bowles claims stood on the site of the early building. This spring was later conveyed by a stone conduit to the new site at Stanley, in 1241. No traces are visible but its course is discovered from time to time. (2-4) The present buildings are of 18th - 19th c. date with no visible evidence of any antiquity. (5)

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Source details : OS 6", 1961
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Source details : History of Bremhill, 1828, 90, (W.L.Bowles)
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Source details : History of Chipenham, 1894, 48-9, (J.J. Daniell)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1154
Monument Start Date : 1151
Monument Type : Cistercian Monastery, Abbey
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 96 NE 8
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-07-02
End Date : 1968-07-02

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Loxwell Abbey